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I was thinking this would be like home security cameras and how fun it would be to yell at home thieves all day. What a depressing reality it's just berating yo

• codegeek 5y ago
  You already can with devices like Ring. I have a Ring doorbell and I can yell remotely at anyone in front of my door using the Ring App. It has motion sensors so I get notified if someone is in front of the door even before they ring the doorbell and I can talk to them.
  • thatguy0900 5y ago
    Yeah, but the boring reality is noone is ever trying to break into my house. If I got to yell at everyone across the country, though...
• elliekelly 5y ago
  Even though the service only costs about $0.50 USD/hour the price still doesn't seem justified by any potential cost savings. Unless the store is averaging two or more stolen sodas per hour and the service is reliable enough to catch/prevent those two stolen sodas every hour I don't really see the value proposition to the store owners other than employee surveillance.
  • permo-w 5y ago
    let’s say your shop is open 16 hours a day, 7 days a week. 1670.5 = $56. let’s say you’re getting robbed once a week, which may be realistic in certain places, and each time they take $150 worth of cash and products. if the service can prevent one of those, it’s worth it. a more realistic calculation is whether you’re making enough profit per hour to afford the 50c extra